We Are Marshall
From the ashes we rose.
In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fiancée of a player who died find strength to move on. Can Marshall win even one game in 1971?
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Matthew McConaughey
Jack Lengyel
Matthew Fox
Red Dawson
Anthony Mackie
Nate Ruffin
David Strathairn
President Dedmon
Ian McShane
Paul Griffen
Kate Mara
Annie Cantrell
January Jones
Carole Dawson
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Sandy Lengyel
Arlen Escarpeta
Reggie Oliver
Brian Geraghty
Tom Bogdan
Christophe Beck
Composer
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Shane Hurlbut
Cinematographer
